Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Ao7(add9)A Diminished 7th Added 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯

How to play it

Ao7(add9) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 x 6 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 x 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 11 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 11 10 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 11 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 12 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Ao7(add9) guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 1 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 x 6 7 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 x 7 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 11 10 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 10 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 11 10 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 11 10 12 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 12 10 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Ao7(add9) sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7

Same notes asAo9

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